-the musical words

Greetings to all, I am Valerie. And herein lies a glimpse of the random and at certain times, inane or insane thoughts that flit through my mind. I love God, music and my books :)

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Vienna Boys' Choir

Last Friday, Sabrina and I went for the Vienna Boys' Choir concert at the Esplanade Concert Hall. And it BLEW OUR MINDS!! For the first half of the concert, they had an Asian repertoire with Arabic, Indian, Chinese and many other songs in various languages. And it was like a play because they acted out the scenes, albeit in German (we didn't understand a word of what they were saying, but still, they were extremely adorable!). The second half of the concert was more western, with music by Schubert and Strauss and a couple of more modern songs. The boys were dressed in their traditional sailor's outfit and looked way too cute!

Their voices were simply amazing. Pure and angelic. Projection was fantastic. They were really loud. The tone was so good. It made me melt. I was a boneless puddle of mess in my seat. And we, the audience, simply could not get enough of them. We requested for an encore. And they sang "Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight", a popular song from the 1950s. And it was so SWEET it killed me (I picked up this phrase from James. LOL.) It was just about the most adorable song I've heard them sing! And they were snapping their fingers away whilst singing that song.

Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go,
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go,
I hate to leave you, but I really must say,
Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.

How adorable is that?!?!! I just about imploded in my seat. When we exited the concert hall, they were selling their CDs just outside. Sabby and I bought them and had the boys autograph it. *squeals*. This is the first time I've ever obtained any autographs! Sabby and I were insanely high that night and we were singing random songs as we made our way back home. It's been too long since we last sang together!

We gotta meet up soon for an insane singing session, Sabby! :D

And now, it's back to my Statistics notes... *sighs*